Whoo! Girl, I've been cryin' ever since you left
My mama told me, "Get a hold of yourself and
Be cool, calm and keep yourself together"
She said, "Be cool, be calm and keep yourself together" ha, ha, ha
"Sugar plum, you're really cool
And it just don't help to cry"
So I wiped my tears away, the other day
And hung my handkerchief up to dry
Then I changed my style, puttin' on a smile
And went out to face the world
The smile I wear say, "Ha, I don't care that I just lost my girl"
But I still get that old yearnin'
Can't be cool when my heart is burnin'
I still get that old feelin'
Can't be calm when my head is reelin'
I say, "Mother dear, see here, see here
Tell me now, what shall I do?
Can't have that girl and I love her true"
She said, "When things give up, be manly 'nough
To be cool, calm, and keep yourself together"
That's what my mama said
"Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together" ha, ha
Sugar pie, you said goodbye
And I cried myself to sleep
That's when my mother said, "Don't lose your head, son
It just don't help to weep"
Now I'm the great pretender
I don't surrender to what I feel inside
I'm the life of the crowd, and ha, I left my blood
But it's all a fake disguise
'Cause I still feel my heart poundin'
Hard to be cool when you come around me
I still feel my heart purrin'
Hard to be calm when my insides stirrin'
I say, "Mother dear, see here, see here
Tell me now which way to go
Can't have that girl and I love her so"
She said, "Whenever you're blue, whatever you do
Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together"
That's what my mama said
"Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together"
